AmishMafia
Cheesehead
It may be frowned upon by the NFL, but it is nearly impossible to enforce. TT can always say, he signed Flynn to be a backup, hoped he would sign a long term deal, couldn't reach an agreement so he traded him. Even if the trade occurs 30 minutes into free agency, nobody can prove this was not the intent. TT will not discuss a 'trade' with other GMs, but I'm sure he is asking other GMs, 'so what do you think Flynn is worth?'. He knows and the other GM knows they are talking about a trade, but legally? Its just two buddies discussing a player on Ted's team.Hottest topic in town. Here's another link to an article about the unlikelihood of Flynn being franchised.
http://www.espnmilwaukee.com/corp/page/02%2F25%2F12_Packers_unlikely_to_tag_Flynn/479?feed=2
in it they point out what I said earlier in this thread.
tagging Flynn would violate the spirit of the franchise tag. Tagging a player with the sole intention of trading him, while not technically against league rules, is frowned upon.
“(The Packers) don’t do business that way,” one NFL source said at the NFL Scouting Combine.
plus a number of other reasons. he tagged and traded Joey Galoway back in 01 but that was an entirely different set of circumstances.
A scout said the Packers don't do business that way, not Thompson. Thompson has done it before, so we know he isn't morally opposed to it. I'm not sure why the reported didn't mention that. Its almost like some of our beat writers have some kind of agenda.